Ending Aug 7, 2025 14:37 EST

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

 
Lot 276
 

276

Bernhardt Wall's scarce set of etchings of Greenwich Village, "The Montmartre of America"

[NEW YORK CITY - ILLUSTRATIONS]

WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. New York: [privately printed and published by the artist, circa 1947]. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper, "copy no. 6 [from an edition of 50], third state, etched, printed, and bound by Bernhardt Wall." Original black cloth spine, drab paper over boards, with etched pictorial title label pasted to the front board. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (26.5 x 19 cm); entirely engraved, with a series of 24 etched plates, printed in black, brown, and sepia colored inks, under tissue guards. Light wear to extremities, head of spine crushed, some minor bubbling to the cloth, boards with very mild rubbing and soiling; contents are generally clean, with some soft rippling to leaves and guards, and remnants of glue in the gutter adjacent to the recto of the rear free endpaper.

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$300 - $500
 

Current bid:

$150

 
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[NEW YORK CITY - ILLUSTRATIONS]

WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. New York: [privately printed and published by the artist, circa 1947]. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper, "copy no. 6 [from an edition of 50], third state, etched, printed, and bound by Bernhardt Wall." Original black cloth spine, drab paper over boards, with etched pictorial title label pasted to the front board. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (26.5 x 19 cm); entirely engraved, with a series of 24 etched plates, printed in black, brown, and sepia colored inks, under tissue guards. Light wear to extremities, head of spine crushed, some minor bubbling to the cloth, boards with very mild rubbing and soiling; contents are generally clean, with some soft rippling to leaves and guards, and remnants of glue in the gutter adjacent to the recto of the rear free endpaper.

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Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Aug 7, 2025

  • Timed Online Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps Closing on Thursday, August 7, 2025 Beginning at 10am

  • Featuring an Extensive Offering of New York-Related Books, Maps, Photographs and Ephemera from Various Collections and Estates

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NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold a timed auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps closing on Thursday, August 7, 2025 beginning at 10am. This eclectic summer sale brings together such wide-ranging offerings as Americana, literature, sporting books, manuscripts and early printing, travel and voyages, children's and illustrated books, fine bindings, autographs, maps and more. Certain to attract attention is an extensive offering of fascinating New York-related books, maps, photographs and ephemera from various collections and estates.

Lots 1–37         General Antiquarian
Lots 38–40      Science
Lots 41–77     Literature
Lots 78–93     Autographs
Lots 94–132    Fine Printing, Illustrated Books and Fine Arts
Lot 133–143     Fine Binding
Lot 144–148    Sporting
Lot 149–158    Travel
Lot 159–221    Americana
Lot 222–236   Maps and Atlases
Lots 237–274   Maps of New York and Environs
Lots 275–348   Books and Pamphlets on New York City
Lots 349–End   Photographs of New York

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